In the Media

A reading by Yale-surgeon-turned-author Dr. Richard Selzer at APSU was promoted in
The Leaf-Chronicles Living section March 31.

News that Dr. James Diehr has been named dean of the College of Arts and Letters made
the front page of The Leaf-Chronicles Local section April 2.
A reading by Yale-surgeon-turned-author Dr. Richard Selzer at APSU was promoted in
The Leaf-Chronicle's “Living” section March 31.

News that Dr. James Diehr has been named dean of the College of Arts and Letters made
the front page of The Leaf-Chronicle's “Local” section April 2.

An article on the 52nd Annual Middle Tennessee Science and Engineering Fair, held
at APSU April 1-2, was featured on the front page of The Leaf-Chronicle's “Local”
section April 2. The story offered comments from Dr. Ron Robertson, associate professor
of chemistry, and his son, APSU junior Kenneth Robertson.

The ACT preparation course offered by APSU's Center for Extended and Distance Education
made The Leaf-Chronicle's “Schools Update” April 2.

Word of the free car and truck inspections offered by the Automotive Technology Program
at APSU's Center @ Fort Campbell made The Leaf-Chronicle's “Schools Update” April
2.

APSU's Environmental Justice Conference was featured in The Leaf-Chronicle's “Schools
Update” April 2.

Benessa Defend, a junior computer science major at APSU, was featured in The Leaf-Chronicle's
April 2 “Spotlight.” She was selected to participate in the Distributed Mentor Project
sponsored by the Computing Research Association Committee on the Status of Women in
Computing Research.

Dr. Yvonne Prather, assistant professor of communications, and Dr. Houston Davis,
assistant vice president for academic affairs, were featured in The Leaf-Chronicle's
“Go” section April 2. Prather will play Susan Bibb, a black woman who nursed soldiers
during the Civil War, as part of the Montgomery County Historical Society's “Dinner
with the Lively Dead,” April 12-17. Davis will portray Col. Gracey Childers, who commanded
the 1st Tennessee Volunteers in the Philippines.

Dr. Bert Randall's discussion of “The Passion of the Christ” at Hopkinsville's Unitarian
Universalist Church made The Leaf-Chronicle April 3. Randall is a professor of philosophy
at APSU.

Austin Peay theatre majors Khara Marable and Rachel Estenson were pictured on the
front page of The Leaf-Chronicle's “Local” section April 3. The students were filming
a video documentary titled “The Day After.”

The 2004 National Federation of Music Clubs Festival, held March 5-6 at Austin Peay,
was mentioned in The Leaf-Chronicle's “Around Town” column April 4.

Ben Kimbrough's naming as the 2004 recipient of the Regents Award for Excellence in
Philanthropy was reported on the front page of The Leaf-Chronicle April 5. Kimbrough
was nominated by APSU President Sherry Hoppe for his exceptional giving to the University.

APSU student Jimmy Clark, a health and human performance major, made the front page
of The Leaf-Chronicle's “Local” section April 5. Clark won Sunday's 26th Annual Queen
City Road Race.